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Old August 10th, 2007, 04:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.reports
Tergiver
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Default Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007

I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I have
several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using Access
2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page layout
for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save the
report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first opened
this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the
same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's not
saving the change.

Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report
from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar which
seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would
print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you
get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time).

How do I get my one-click print back?
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Old August 10th, 2007, 07:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.reports
Allen Browne
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Default Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007

Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Tergiver" wrote in message
...
I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I
have
several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using
Access
2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page
layout
for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save
the
report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first
opened
this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the
same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's
not
saving the change.

Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report
from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar
which
seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would
print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you
get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time).

How do I get my one-click print back?


  #3  
Old August 10th, 2007, 07:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.reports
Tergiver
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Posts: 3
Default Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007

I did find some issues with the default printer in this newsgroup for Access
2000, but I seemed to be having the opposite problem with 2007. I just
assumed that such an old 2000 bug couldn't possibly find its way into 2007..
appearently I'm wrong.

The website you point to says, "[wait for SP1]", but it looks to me like
this particular bug (I never encountered it when using 2000 myself) has no
hope of ever being addressed.

"Allen Browne" wrote:

Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Tergiver" wrote in message
...
I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I
have
several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using
Access
2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page
layout
for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save
the
report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first
opened
this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the
same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's
not
saving the change.

Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report
from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar
which
seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would
print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you
get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time).

How do I get my one-click print back?



  #4  
Old August 11th, 2007, 03:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.reports
Allen Browne
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Posts: 11,706
Default Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007

I think there are 2 different issues here.

There was a bug in Name AutoCorrect that caused earlier versions to lose
their printer settings:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240826
That bug has been fixed.

The problem with Access 2007 not retaining the settings from the Printer
dialog at all is a different bug. Hopefully it will be addressed in the not
to distant future.

There are alternatives if you are stuck, such as this:
Printer Selection Utility - Users assign printers to reports
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/AppPrintMgt.html
While that's actually designed to solve a different problem, it should work.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Tergiver" wrote in message
...
I did find some issues with the default printer in this newsgroup for
Access
2000, but I seemed to be having the opposite problem with 2007. I just
assumed that such an old 2000 bug couldn't possibly find its way into
2007..
appearently I'm wrong.

The website you point to says, "[wait for SP1]", but it looks to me like
this particular bug (I never encountered it when using 2000 myself) has no
hope of ever being addressed.

"Allen Browne" wrote:

Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007.

"Tergiver" wrote in message
...
I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I
have
several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using
Access
2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page
layout
for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically
save
the
report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first
opened
this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's
the
same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but
it's
not
saving the change.

Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the
report
from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar
which
seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it
would
print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button,
you
get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time).

How do I get my one-click print back?


 




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